November 13, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register November 13, 2007

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119 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 13, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Child nutrition programs:

Title Type Published
This interim rule amends the regulations on eligibility determinations for free and reduced price school meals to implement nondiscretionary provisions of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004. In this interim rule, the statutory de...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that a draft environmental assessment has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the proposed release into areas quarantined for imported fire ant of five additional species of phorid fl...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title Type Published
We are adopting as a final rule, with one change, our July 2001 interim rule that amended the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products by removing Uruguay from the list of areas considered free of rind...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received six scientific research permit application requests relating to Pacific salmon. The proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to help...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Battelle Memorial Institute et al.
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Countervailing duties:

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The Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from the People's Republic of China. For information on the estimated subsid...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 88 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, Amendment 23 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In 2006, NOAA established the Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding performances, achievements and leadership by industries, organizations and individuals who promote best stewardship practices for the sust...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces the extension of temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These restrictions will cont...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

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On November 6, 2007, Holcim Apasco, S.A. de C.V. filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel review was requested of the Not...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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NMFS announces the availability of a final stock assessment report on small coastal sharks (SCS) in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The report summarizes the consensus of review panel assessments, describes methodologies used to determine SCS comple...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
On October 24, 2007 (72 FR 60322) the Department of Defense published a notice announcing the appointment of members to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Performance Review Board. The listing published was incorrect. This notice announces...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (DON) published a notice of intent to prepa...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Aca...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Electro-Optic Instruments, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the fields of use of an array of four (4) or more fiber optic sensors for the detec...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
On November 5, 2007, the Department of Education published a comment period notice in the Federal Register (Page 62446, Column 2) for the information collection, "Online and Distance Education Courses at Postsecondary Institutions." The title of the...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting, including a public hearing, with members of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. The notice also describes the functions of the Panel. Notice of this meeting is requi...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of public meeting for EAC Standards Board.
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Notice of public meeting for EAC Board of Advisors.
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Energy, pursuant to section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, as implemented by 10 CFR part 860 published in the Federal Register on August 26, 1963 (28 FR 8400), prohibits the unauth...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Meetings:

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This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee under the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that age...
Notice Nov 13, 2007
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announce...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request f...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Air quality implementation plans

Title Type Published
On December 31, 2002, we (the EPA) issued our final New Source Review (NSR) Improvement Rule which, among other things, requires all sources to include "fugitive emissions" in assessing whether a proposed physical or operational change qualifies as a...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice of a meeting of the Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Committee (TCRDSAC). The purpose of this meeti...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Iran; continuation of national emergency (Notice of November 8, 2007)
Presidential Document Nov 13, 2007
Weapons of mass destruction; continuation of national emergency (Notice of November 8, 2007)
Presidential Document Nov 13, 2007

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Nov 13, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Radio frequency devices:

Title Type Published
On April 22, 2003, the Commission released a Memorandum Opinion and Order in the matter of "Ultra-Wideband Transmission Systems." This document contains corrections to the final regulations that appeared in the Federal Register of April 22, 2003 (68...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

Radio services, special:

Title Type Published
This document seeks comment on post-reconfiguration 800 MHz band plans for the U.S.-Canada border regions. The Bureau, by this action, affords interested parties an opportunity to submit comments and reply comments on proposals for establishing a rec...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 73.202(b). The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by Sierra H Broadcasting, Inc. ("Petitioner"). Petitioner prop...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007
This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by Shamrock Communications, Inc. ("Petitioner") proposing the allotment of new Channel 288A at Tecopa, California. The instant Petition for Rule Making was filed concurrently with an...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Hilltop Church ("Petitioner"), the licensee of noncommercial educational station KHGQ(FM), Quincy, California. Petitioner has filed an application requesting the substitution of C...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007
This document grants a counterproposal filed by Educational Media Foundation requesting the reallotment of Channel 296A from Danville to Wilmore, Kentucky, and the modification of its license to reflect the change and the allotment of Channel 298A at...
Rule Nov 13, 2007
This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by North Texas Radio Group, L.P., requesting the substitution of Channel 262A for vacant Channel 241A at Clayton, Oklahoma. The reference coordinates for Channel 262A at Clayton, Okla...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 13, 2007
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify an existing SOR titled, "Individuals Authorized Access to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Computer Services (IACS), System No. 09-70-0064," most...
Notice Nov 13, 2007
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an SOR titled "Home Health Agency (HHA) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)," System No. 09-70-9002, last modified at 66 Federal Register 6...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a single-source program expansion is being made to Public Strategies, Inc., as the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC), located in Oklahoma City, OK, in the amount of $1,250,000 to conduct a national media ca...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Injury Prevention and Control Advisory Committee
Notice Nov 13, 2007
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Notice Nov 13, 2007
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Nov 13, 2007
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Nov 13, 2007
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Nov 13, 2007
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Nov 13, 2007
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Nov 13, 2007
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Nov 13, 2007
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Scientific Counselors Board
Notice Nov 13, 2007

National Toxicology Program:

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Automated Commercial Environment Truck Manifest System:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002 and implementing regulations, truck carriers and other eligible parties are required to transmit advance electronic truck cargo information to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through a CBP-appro...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office will host a public workshop, CCTV: Developing Privacy Best Practices.
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to create special local regulations to regulate recurring marine events in the Seventh Coast Guard District. These regulations will apply to all permitted events listed on the table attached to the regulation, and include eve...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007

Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program:

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issues this notice of the dates for the beginning of the initial enrollment for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for the Port...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), HUD is amending one of Privacy Act record systems, the Debt Collection Asset Management System (DCAMS, HUD/HS 54) notice published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2006 (71 FR...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
National Register of Historic Places; pending nominations
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Closure of public lands:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Title 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Sec. 8364.1 and 43 CFR 8341.2(a), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Medford District Office is publishing these closures and restrictions for motorized vehicles on certain public lands in Jack...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is to announce the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment and Management Plan (DEA) for take of migrant peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in the United States for use in falconry.
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, this notice announces the availability of the Final Recirculated Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan (MSHCP), Final Recirculated Environmen...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) Subco...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Reservation establishment, additions, etc.

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary-- Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 78.26 acres, more or less, as the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian Reservation for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians of...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Semi- Annual Progress Report for the Grants To Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program.
Notice Nov 13, 2007
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Semi- Annual Progress Report for the Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program.
Notice Nov 13, 2007
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: COPS Application Guide.
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 13, 2007

M
Management and Budget Office

Grants and cooperative agreements:

Title Type Published
The Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) is establishing a government-wide award term for agencies to include in grants and cooperative agreements as part of their implementation of paragraph (g) of section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Pro...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 13, 2007

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. This is the second notice for public comment; the first wa...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
(1) NRC completion of a Diagnostic Evaluation Team examination or Independent Safety Assessment of Vermont Yankee to determine the extent of condition of non-conformances, reportable items, hazards to safety, and the root causes thereof; (2) NRC completion of a safety culture assessment to determine why worker safety concerns were not previously reported and why assessments of safety culture under the Reactor Oversight Process failed to capture the fact or reasons that safety concerns have gone unreported; (3) derate Vermont Yankee to 50% of licensed thermal power with a mandatory hold at 50% until a thorough and detailed structural and performance analysis of the cooling towers, including the alternate cooling system, has been completed by the licensee; reviewed and approved by NRC; and until the above steps (1) and (2) have been completed; and (4) NRC investigation and determination of whether or not similar non- conforming conditions and causes exist at other Entergy-run nuclear power plants.
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the completion and availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 21, "Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses, Program-Specific Guidance About Possession Licenses for Production of Radioactive Materia...
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model safety evaluation (SE) relating to the revision of Standard Technical Specifications (STS), NUREG-1430 (B&W), NUREG-1431 (Westinghouse), NUREG-1432...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
OPM, DOS
Privacy Act; systems of records; correction
Correction Nov 13, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of Teleconference.
Notice Nov 13, 2007

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals; correction
Correction Nov 13, 2007

Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Fine Arts Committee
Notice Nov 13, 2007
This notice announces meetings of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) to prepare advice on U.S. positions for meeting of the Advisory and Study Groups of the International Telecommunication Union--Telecommunication Standardi...
Notice Nov 13, 2007
Private International Law Advisory Committee
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Aircraft:

Title Type Published
The FAA is amending its requirements to allow the issuance of export airworthiness approvals for Class II and III products located at facilities outside the United States. The FAA proposed this change in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is correcting a typographical error in an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that was published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2007 (72 FR 60238). The error resulted in an inadvertent omission of the deadline for submitting comment...
Rule Nov 13, 2007
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 707 airplanes and Model 720 and 720B series airplanes. This AD requires accomplishing an airplane survey to define the configuration of certain system installations, and repa...
Rule Nov 13, 2007
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require various repetitive inspections for cracking of the upper frame to side f...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007
The FAA proposes to revise an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, DC-10- 10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F (KC-10A and KDC-10), DC-10-40, and DC-10-40F airplanes. The existing AD currently...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title Type Published
As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383 and Pub. L. 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstan...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this notice to advise the public of its intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and the Metropolitan Go...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice solicits proposals to enter into certain agreements with the U.S. Department of Transportation (the "Department"). Through these agreements, the Department intends to support congestion pricing along with complementary transportation solu...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Nov 13, 2007

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations concerning information reporting on employer-owned life insurance contracts under section 6039I of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The temporary regulations g...
Proposed Rule Nov 13, 2007
This document contains temporary regulations concerning information reporting on employer-owned life insurance contracts under section 6039I of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). This temporary regulation is necessary to provide taxpayers with immedia...
Rule Nov 13, 2007
This document contains final regulations that provide rules for claiming the railroad track maintenance credit under section 45G of the Internal Revenue Code for qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures paid or incurred by a Class II railroa...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations relating to the requirements for filing corporate income tax returns and returns of organizations required to file returns under section 6033 on magnetic media pursuant to section 6011(e) of the Internal Reven...
Rule Nov 13, 2007

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee
Notice Nov 13, 2007

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